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With the controversy surrounding the English Department’s re-invitation of poet Tom Paulin looming over the proceedings, last night’s Faculty meeting addressed the general issue of free speech at the University before discussing the upcoming curricular review...
...statement published in the Harvard Gazette on Nov. 21, the English department announced that it would renew its invitation to Tom Paulin to give a poetry reading at Harvard. In defending this decision, Harvard College Professor and Cabot Professor of English Lawrence Buell wrote, “the English department affirms its belief in the importance of free speech as a principle and practice in the academy,” adding, “while we in no sense endorse the extreme statements by Mr. Paulin that have occasioned concern in the Harvard community, we support a university environment that...
...Paulin, if he ultimately decides to accept the invitation to speak at Harvard under the aegis of the Morris Gray Lectureship, will be free to use his time in any manner he likes, Kiely added...
Simon E. Chin ’05 called the readings “one effective way of responding toward [the Paulin debate] in showing the power of literature...
...most useful part of the discussion, Chin said, was when Kiely explained the course of events involved with the Paulin invitation...